11000018https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11000018MississippiWilkinsonCountyunknown2013Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiTwenty-five citizens of Woodville write on behalf of Charles and Eve, elderly slaves previously owned by the late Colonel Hugh Davis. The petitioners ask for the slaves' emancipation, believing them to be "worthy and deserving their Freedom".owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveSeniors (enslaved)